Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

Application of contribution

22.—(1) The maximum amounts of grants or loans for which an eligible student shall be eligible shall be the amounts remaining after subtracting in accordance with this regulation his contribution from the maximum amount of any—

(a)grant for fees for which he is eligible under regulation 10, other than fees payable in respect of his attendance at a course—

(i)at an institution which is neither maintained nor assisted by recurrent grants out of public funds, or

(ii)at a course for the initial training of teachers referred to in paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 other than a course for a first degree,

(iii)at a university or relevant institution of higher education in the Republic of Ireland;

(iv)undertaken in pursuance of a transitional award, at the Pontifical College, Maynooth, or at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland,

(v)at the Union Theological College, Belfast, the Edgehill College, Belfast, the Irish Baptist College, Belfast, or the Belfast Bible College, Belfast;

(b)grant for dependants for which he is eligible under regulation 15;

(c)loan for living costs for which he is eligible under regulation 17, other than a loan to which a maximum amount referred to in regulation 3(9) or 18(13) applies;

(d)grant for travel costs for which he is eligible under regulation 16.

(2) Where the contribution exceeds the maximum amount of grant referred to in paragraph (1)(a) that maximum amount shall be reduced to nil, and the balance of the contribution not required to reduce the amount to nil shall be used to reduce the maximum amount of grant referred to in paragraph (1)(b).

(3) Where—

(a)regulation 11(c), (e) or (f) applies to the grant for fees to which the student is eligible; or

(b)the student is not eligible for grant for fees in pursuance of regulation 10(7)(c),

the amount used to reduce the maximum amount of grant referred to in paragraph (1)(b) shall be calculated in accordance with paragraph (2), but it shall be assumed, for the purposes of that calculation, that the maximum amount of grant referred to in paragraph (1)(a) is £1,025 rather than the amount referred to in regulation 11(c), (e) or (f), or, in the case of a student who is not eligible for grant in pursuance of regulation 10(7)(c), rather than nothing.

(4) Where the contribution used to reduce the maximum amount of grant referred to in paragraph (1)(b) exceeds that maximum amount it shall be reduced to nil, and the balance of the contribution not required to reduce the amount to nil shall be used to reduce the maximum amount of loan referred to in paragraph (1)(c).

(5) Subject to paragraph (6) where the contribution available to reduce the maximum amount of loan referred to in paragraph (1)(c) would reduce that amount to less than the following amounts—

(a)in the case of a student who resides at his parent’s home while attending the course, £2,155;

(b)for a student who does not—

(i)if he attends a course provided at the University of London or at an institution within the area comprising the City of London and the Metropolitan Police District, £3,360;

(ii)if he attends for a period of at least 8 weeks and as a necessary part of his course an overseas institution in a high cost country, £3,330, or in a higher cost country, £3,955;

(iii)otherwise, £2,725,

the maximum amount shall be reduced to that amount, and the balance of the contribution not required to reduce the amount of loan to that amount shall be available to reduce the maximum amount of grant referred to in paragraph (1)(d).

(6) Where, in any case to which this regulation applies, the academic year in question is the final year of a course other than an accelerated course and the contribution available to reduce the maximum amount of loan referred to in paragraph (1)(c) would reduce that amount to less than the following amounts—

(a)in the case of a student who resides at his parent’s home while attending the course, £1,880;

(b)for a student who does not—

(i)if he attends a course provided at the University of London or at an institution within the area comprising the City of London and the Metropolitan Police District, £2,915;

(ii)if he attends for a period of at least 8 weeks and as a necessary part of his course an overseas institution in a high cost country, £2,900, or in a higher cost country, £3,440;

(iii)otherwise by £2,360,

the maximum amount shall be reduced to that amount, and the balance of the contribution not required to reduce the amount of loan to that amount shall be available to reduce the maximum amount of grant referred to in paragraph (1)(d).

(7) Where under regulation 18(6) the Department determines that different rates shall apply for different quarters of the academic year the amount to which the maximum amount shall be reduced in accordance with paragraphs (5) or (6) shall be the aggregate of the three amounts determined under paragraph (8) for the three quarters in respect of which loan is payable.

(8) The amount for each quarter determined under this paragraph shall be one-third of the amount referred to in paragraph (5) or (6) which corresponds to the rate which the Department has determined shall be applicable for the quarter.

(9) Where the contribution available to reduce the maximum amount of grant referred to in paragraph (1)(d) exceeds that amount it shall be reduced to nil, and the balance of the contribution not required to reduce the amount to nil shall be available for the purposes of the following paragraph.

(10) Where—

(a)a balance of the contribution is available in accordance with paragraph (9); and

(b)income referred to in paragraph 1(1)(b) of Schedule 3 is taken into account in calculating the contribution,

the balance, or such part of the balance as does not exceed the amount of income taken into account as described in sub-paragraph (b), whichever is less, shall be available to reduce or further reduce the maximum amount of grant and loan for which the student is eligible in accordance with paragraph (11).

(11) The contribution available to reduce the maximum amounts of grant and loan in accordance with paragraph (10) shall be subtracted from such amounts in the following order—

(a)loan for living costs for which the student is eligible under Part V;

(b)grants for fees for which the student is eligible under Part III;

(c)grants for students who have left care under regulation 14;

(d)grants for disabled students' living costs under regulation 13.